Hat-fastener.



UNITED STATES Iatented March 28, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

HAT-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION fOIming part of Letters Patent No. 786,035, dated March 28, 1905.

Application filed December 7, 1904. Serial No. 235,802.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, JULIUs KEMPER and ADOLPH KEMI ER,citizens of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hat-fasteners, and has for its object to provide an improved fastener for attachment to the hat-brim of womens hats and by means of which the hat may be securely held on the head.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figurel illustrates a fragmentary section of a hat-brim to which the improved fastener is attached, and Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 designates the brim of the hat, 2 a portion of the crown. and 3 the inner sweat-band. These devices, however, may be of any style, design, or material.

The fastener comprises two parts, one of which is a comb-like plate 4, having a plurality of teeth 5 and provided adjacent its opposite side edges with slots 6. A keeper-plate 7 extends across the teeth 5 and in a direction at right angles to the slots 6, and each end of said keeper is provided with a right-angle bend 8, which passes from the outer side of the comb-plate through the adjacent slot, and the inner ends 9 of said keeper-plate after passing through the slots are turned laterally and project beyond the inner edge of the comb-plate. Thus the keeper-plate bridges over the teeth 5, but has its ends projecting through the side slots 6 and turned outwardly between the comb-plate and hat-brim. Perforations 10 are provided in the outturned ends 9 of the keeper-plate, by means of which the latter may be stitched or otherwise secured to the hat. When thus secured, it will be understood that the teeth of the combplate and that the ends 9, having been passed through the side slots 6, will prevent the removal of the comb. It will also be seen that the side edges of the comb-plate rest and have bearing on the ends 9, and when moved laterally these ends serve to keep the comb-plate out of contact with the brim, and thus prevent wear on the latter.

It is to be understood that one or more of the fasteners may be attached to the brim.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A hat-fastener comprising a plate provided with a plurality of teeth and having a slot adjacent its opposite side edges, and a keeperplate extending in a direction crosswise of and at one side of said teeth and plate and the ends of said keeper-plate extending inwardly through said slots to the opposite side of said plate and extending laterally from said slot at said opposite side of the plate.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JULIUS KEMPER. ADOLPH KEMPER. Witnesses:

CHARLES E. MANN, J r., FELIX R. SULLIVAN. 

